Bank of India : ECO-FRIENDLY TECH POWER

This project was conceptualized to overcome acute power shortages, or

“no-power” situation in the remote branches of Bank of India. Acute power

shortages led to a stand-still work culture. Customer Service was greatly

affected and business growth had become stagnant. Generating power through

generators was not eco-friendly, but hazardous and generating conventional power

was un-economical as the kerosene, diesel or petrol required for running the

generators was a burden for the branch and wasn't easily available.

With the implementation of solar power the bank has overcome these problems.

As a solution to this problem, solar power was used to charge the UPSs used by

the branches. The solar plant not only provides power to the UPSs to charge but

it also provides power for the lights in the branches.

Key challenges faced in this deployment were of a different kind--obtaining

road permits in a scheduled time frame for transportation of equipment; since

many branches were leased, then obtaining permission from landlord to install

solar panels on roof; finally ensuring that rooftops were made of RCC to bear

the load of equipment being installed